New Music, New Thoughts: Measure for Measure
Summary: This series, also known as "Measure for Measure: New Music, New Thoughts," interviews movers and shakers in today's musical world. Philip Blackburn talks to leading composers, perfomers, and industry insiders who are making a difference in the way we go about our artistic lives and careers in the 21st Century; kind of like an online conference where everyone gets to be the keynote speaker. The series is brought to you by the American Composers Forum and is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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The Bay Area portion of Measure for Measure is supported by the Hewlett Foundation.Stanford University composition department is a hotbed of new music making. Bright students from all over the world descend on the campus to spend time improving their craft in encouraging, even pleasant, surroundings. While palm-lined arcades are neither ivory nor towers, what kind of music gets made there? Is it different from the real world? The Bay Area portion of Measure for Measure is supported by the Hewlett Foundation.
Sometimes the most ardent efforts to build a successful arts career lead to nought. Sometimes simply doing your own thing leads to doors opening apparently wthout any effort. It's fickle. Meet Walter Kitundu. Originally from Tanzania he brings magic to whatever he touches; phonograph needles attached to strings suggest a Post-Modern Kora, the concept of Turntable is extrapolated to the nth degree, his instruments are gorgeous additions to any gallery, and when he points his camera at a bird, people look. Philip Blackburn talks with Walter in this two-part conversation about his charmed existence and life as a grand improvisation in the wilderness. The Bay Area portion of Measure for Measure is supported by the Hewlett Foundation.
